History Hysterical
- by J. H. Stein
- Short Story
- Comedy
- Adults
- Definite Time Travel
- English
- “History Hysterical” [uncredited], in Scoops #9, 7 April 1934.
Professor Dingle’s second escapade! Yes, he’s still in the asylum where he creates a powder that unleashes memories of previous lives. And when the professor and a friend take the powder, they find themselves as deadly enemies back in the medieval court of Baron De Brassat.
—Michael Main
By intense radio-active action on the ductless glands, the drug I have just mixed should prove a powerful stimulant to our dormant sub-conscious impressions, and whirl us back through time when we swallow it—
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- Time Periods
- Middle Ages (AD 476 to 1454): time of the baron, “somewhere in the Middle Ages”
- Circa AD 1930 to 1939: presumed time of the story
- Timeline Models
- Time Travel Methods
- Real-World Tags
- Julius Caesar: as a delusion or possibly a revived personality
- Knights: The professor and his friend are made to dress in full armor and mount on chargers to fight a duel to the death.
- Napoleon: as a delusion or possibly a revived personality
- Groupings
Variants
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- “History Hysterical” [uncredited], in Scoops #9, 7 April 1934.
Indexer Notes
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- Credits—author J. H. Stein according to the ISFDB.